Collection-indicator for mail-boxes.



W. W. DAY. OOLLLOTION INDIOA'IOR FOR MAIL BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. B, 1909.'

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WILLIAM W. DAY, 0F WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

COLLECTION-INDICATOR FOR MAIL-BOXES.

To all whom t m0/y concer/n.:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM WV. DAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at lVashington, District of Columbia, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Collection-Indicators for Mail-Boxes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the subject of deposit and collectionreceptacles, and more particularly to postal mail boxes.

To this end the invention has in view a simple and practicalconstruction of time card for mail boxes constituting a collectionindicator for indicating the times of collections of the mail from thebox by the carrier or other collector.

A special object of the invention is to provide a collection indicatoror time card for mail boxes not only of extreme simplicity anddurability, but also of such a construction as to permit the schedule tobe conveniently and readily changed to suit the varying conditions thatare met with in the postal service.

Vhile the invention is susceptible to einbodiment in various forms ofconstruction without departing` from the spirit of the invention, or thescope thereof, a preferred and practical embodiment is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a collection indicator or time card formail boxes shown in its applied position on the front wall of a mailbox. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectional view thereof on the line 2-2of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective of a removablesign sheetand its transparent cover, the view also illustrating` certain of theindicating slides removed from their receiving slots. Fig. 4 is a planview, partly in section, of the holding frame showing the detachableframe section separated from the frame body.

Like references designate corresponding parts in the several figures ofthe drawings.

The improved collection indicator or time card essentially comprises aholding frame 1, and a sign sheet 2, the latter being de tachablyinserted within and held by the frame. The said frame 1 is preferably ofopen rectangular form and consists of the opposite parallel side pieces3-3 and the end pieces t and 5, the latter being detachable andconstituting a detachable frame section. The said frame section 5 isintended to have a dowel oi equivalent connection G Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed March 6, 1909.

Patented Sept. 28, 1909.

serial No; 481,717.

l at one end With one of the side pieces 3 and a screw fastening orequivalent connection '7 with the corresponding end of the other sidepiece. provided with attachment lugs 8 to receive screws, bolts, orequivalent fasteners 9 to secure the frame upon the front wall 10 of amail box, so that such wall 10 of the mail box forms the back of theholding frame.

The side pieces 3 of the holding frame are provided at their inner edgeswith longitu` dinal rabbets or guiding grooves 11 for the upper andlower longitudinal edges of the sign sheet 2 to permit the latter to bereadily slid into or out of the frame through the open end or side whenthe detachable section 5 is removed.

The sign sheet 2 is made of any suitable material, preferably -of stoutcard-board, and is provided at opposite end edges with a transverse rowof longitudinally disposed parallel receiving slots 12 adapted to re1novably and slidably receive therein individual indicating slides 13bearing thereon time indications for hours and fractions thereof,according to the arrangement of the schedule for collection. Theseslides are readily interchangeable and removable so that the authorizedcollector or other official can rearrange the slides, and insert in anyreceiving slot a slide bearing any desired time indication.

The receiving slots 12 and the slides 13 have suitable registeringfaces, but irrespective of that detail, the slides are seated flush intheir receiving slots and are covered and held in place upon their outersides by a glass, Celluloid, or other transparent cover which isco-extensive with the sign sheet 3 and is removable and insertible withsaid sign sheet from and into the holding frame.

The opposite columns or rows of time indicating slides are headed by theusual ante and post meridian marks A. M. and 1). M., and the other spaceon the sign sheet is printed with the usual conventional notices.

In connection with the mounting of the individual slides 13, it will beobserved that the same may be readily reversed in the receiving slots 12therefor. This may be taken advantage of to reverse a slide to present ablank face if it is desired for any purpose to dispense with the timeindication on the other face thereof. Also, other details of Preferably,the side pieces are opposite endedges with transverse rows of receivingslots, individual indicating slides removably and Slidably seated flushin said slot-s, and a single sheet of transparent Inaterial Whollycovering the front side of the sign sheet land confining both sets ofslides. In testimony whereof I hereunto aiX my signature in the presence`of tivo witnesses. WILLIAM W. DAY. Vitnesses ELIZABETH M. REIGART, JOHNR. REIGART.

